The incident happened overnight between Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13.

Thames Valley Police force Twitter account @TVPBracknell tweeted to say officers had been called to stop "an unlicensed music event from starting in Bracknell".

It later added: "Police received info that a rave was organised to take place within a rough area of Bracknell town centre.

"Officers quickly identified the location, shut down the event and then ensured revellers left the Bracknell area before this impacted on the surrounding community."

A spokeswoman for Thames Valley Police confirmed police were called to an area in Market Street where an unlicensed music event had been arranged to happen in an empty building.

She added officers directed the people there to leave and seized music equipment. The incident had been cleared by 11.50pm.

An earlier version of this story was headlined "Police shut down rave in 'rough' part of Bracknell town centre". Officers have confirmed they meant they did not have an exact location, not that the area was rough.

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